This account is pending registration confirmation. Please click on the link within the confirmation email previously sent you to complete registration.Need a new registration confirmation email? Click here

Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.

Weatherford International (
WFT) pushed the Basic Materials sector lower today making it today's featured Basic Materials laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Weatherford International fell 24 cents (-1.9%) to $12.38 on average volume. Throughout the day, 7.7 million shares of Weatherford International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 10.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $12.32-$12.64 after having opened the day at $12.57 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $12.62. Other companies within the Basic Materials sector that declined today were:
Geokinetics (
GOK), down 17.1%,
Pacific Ethanol (
PEIX), down 14.7%,
China Precision Steel (
CPSL), down 13.2%, and
Claude Resources (
CGR), down 9.5%.

Weatherford International Ltd. provides equipment and services used in the drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and intervention of oil and natural gas wells worldwide. Weatherford International has a market cap of $9.69 billion and is part of the
energy industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 28.4, above the average energy industry P/E ratio of 23.2 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 13.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Weatherford International a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Weatherford International as a
hold. Among the primary strengths of the company is its robust revenue growth -- not just in the most recent periods but in previous quarters as well. At the same time, however, we find that we feel that the company's cash flow from its operations has been weak overall.